Science Daily: Uranus
- NASA's Hubble, New Horizons team up for a simultaneous look at Uranus October 11, 2024
- Key to rapid planet formation August 1, 2024
Science Daily: Kuiper Belt
- Carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide on Pluto's moon Charon October 1, 2024
- How Pluto got its heart April 15, 2024
Urban Starfest on Saturday!
If you are New York City, this weekend is the annual Urban Starfest held in Sheep Meadow (Central Park). While those of you from more rural areas may think it something of a joke to have a (mini) star party in the middle of the a major city, you would be surprised at what you …
astrofoto.org down time
I had a rather long outage due to a botched upgrade from which I am still recovering. I had planned on upgrading from Fedora 8, to 9, then 10, and finally 11. You have to upgrade incrementally, but the first step failed part way through after having started installing packages. An attempt to retry crashed …
Double Cluster in Perseus
This is not the first time I took pictures of this cluster, but it is the first time I took a lot of exposures to insure I had plenty of data. These clusters go by multiple names. First is the Double Cluster so named for obvious reasons that it is two clusters close together in …
AstroTrac Performance
Well, the recent burst of image processing from my June images has revealed a few issues with my AstroTrac’s performance. Up until now, I’ve attributed the errors I’ve had to the tripod and head on which I mount the AstroTrac. However, at this point, I’m not sure that’s the whole story. To be sure, the …
Antares – Rho Ophiuchi Complex
This is one of my favorite areas of the sky and I first fell in love with the rich variation of color and texture after seeing an image taken by Akira Fuji. Ever since then, It’s been high on my list of areas I’d like to image. Unfortunately, it’s also rather difficult to do that …
Ten Mile River
St. Anselm’s Troop 13 took its annual trip to Boy Scout camp Ten Mile River during week 2 of the summer camp season. I was signed up to be an astronomy counselor and loaded the car with numerous props to use as enrichment items with whomever was doing the normal classes. What I didn’t quite …
Traveling Time
The summer is always busy for us as traveling has to be done when the boys are out of school. I’m going to backfill a little of what we have done this summer as life hasn’t always slowed down enough to let me write! In late June, we left NYC a week before school finished …
Rain, Rain, Go Away
This has been the rainiest June I can remember. While I’ve really been too busy to have much time to get out under the stars (such as they are here in Brooklyn), even when I did have time it has rarely been possible. We’re now on the road for a trip west of the Mississippi …
Rain Date – Stargazing at Shore Road Park
We will be trying (attempt number 6!) to hold a stargazing session in Shore Road Park. The moon will be in the first quarter phase, and Saturn will be high in the south after sunset. Because sunset comes so late this time of year, we won’t be able to start until about 8:45, although the …
Stargazing at Shore Road Park
The announcement should have been made earlier today, and was if you were in class, that we’ll be meeting Saturday evening due to weather. Tonight is supposed to be cloudy and hazy, but tomorrow promises at least clear spots to do stargazing. Or at least moongazing. So, same time and location, just one day later. …